Advanced Writing with English in Use

Advice • Module 28

28 Advice

1.0 Advice fortravellers

In most lines of the followingtext , thereiS2ne _uonecessaryword. It is either

grammatically incorrector does not fit in withthe sense of the text. Findthe

unnecessary wordsandwri te them in the margin.Somelines are correct.

Indicat ethese wit h a tick(,f).The exercisebegins with three examples(0).

Whatto do ifyouget astomach upset

() It' s possibleth atatsomestage inyourholidays youwillhave bestru ck

() <10\\ 11 with diarrhoea ,maybe justas a resultofa changeoffood or water,

() hut moreoften alsobecauseofa hugofsome sort.

I Don't go andpumpingyourselffull of antibiot ics at thefirst signoftrou hle.

2 This is nota goodwaytotreat your stomach andyou canoften do moreof

3 har m thangoodbydestro)ingall t heusefulinte stinalflorainyour gutas

4 wellas the nastie sthat are givingall you the p roblem s,

5 The best courseofactionis totrysta rve thelittle devils out. Best, ea t

6 nothing andd rink only unswe e ten edte a, citr usju ice and clean wate r. Make

7 su re )'oudrink plen ty ofHuids,astho ngh diarrhoe a can de hydrate youvery

S quickly.Itis alsoimportantto take afte rsalt tohelpyourhody retainwater.

9 If you musteat, stick tosimp le foods such asboiled vegetahles, plain bre ad

10 or toas t,unciyoghurt. Ke epthemaway from daily products (ot he r than

11 yoghu r t ), anything tosweetand non- citrus fru its,

12 If it' s notp ract icalto sticktothis die t ,yOIl llIayhaveto take some thingor

1:3 to blockyOllIIpfor a whileyoursel f. Lomo til is effective; code ine phosphate

14 tabl et sarc anothe ralte rnative.If at thee ndof all this happ en s you

15 arc stillsu ffe ring, you may havedyse nt ery andshoul d see adoctor.

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1.1 Avoidingtheimperative

Imperativesmay be usedw hengivingadvice ,but inmany circumstances they

can be impolite.Oftenit i s moreappropriate touse one of these 'softer'

st ructures. Tryto find examplesof themin the'stomachupset' text.

Youputyouin frontofthever-b.
rOllgoto th e endofth e st r eet arul turn Ieft.

Youcouldus c amodalverb.
r oumustuvtoseri telegibly.
r oudon 'thare toseritepeifectly.
r Oil may scantto u;orkOflyourhandicnting.
rOilconk! tn)chaJlgillg pens.
rOllmightlik e to look agaill at the unitO ilpunctuation.

Animpersonalconstructioncanheused.

The best/icorstthingtodo is to...

Ituionldbe easier/adctsable/prefemble/lisefill/a guod

ideato.

Ithelp sto.../Itpays to.

it 'sworth buyinga good.

It 's'10good/ 110 useusin ga cheapsubstitu te.

(Doi/lg) thisicillbeappreciated/" sefid/a goodstart.

Goodrentingis/sho uldbe/must he punctuatedicitl,care.

Working with a partner, write seven sentencesusingthese st ructures to give

advice on one of the following subjects.

I l owto avoidcatch inga cold. Howtooverco me shyness.

Howto learntoswim, Howtosucceed in classwit houtdoing anywork.

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